Don't know how many of you are familiar with the concept in the Windows world of "slipstreaming", where you can take a Windows installer ISO and add updates or apps that were released after the ISO image was created and retail discs pressed, so that whenever you use your modified ISO, you don't have to take the time to download and install a bunch of system updates afterward on each machine.
Does something similar exist for OS X? I've got a Mac I'm going to be shipping to a family member, and I intend to wipe and clean-install a new copy of OS X on it before it goes out. I want to make sure it is completely up-to-date before I send it off while still having the initial setup assistant come up for them when they turn it on for the first time. So to that end, I want to "slipstream" the Safari 7.1 package onto the Mavericks 10.9.5 thumb drive installer (made with "createinstallmedia") that I will be using to do the install. I have a copy of the Safari7.1Mavericks.pkg file from Apple's update servers. Is there a way I can merge it into my Mavericks install disc, replacing Safari 7.0.6, so that Safari 7.1 is already present immediately after install without having to run Software Update/App Store?
I am aware that one can go through the initial setup assistant, create an account, run Software Update, then set it back up so that setup assistant runs again, but then I have to also purge the account I had to make in order to install the updates and clean up anything else I might have done on there during that process...it just seems needlessly "messy" and I'd prefer it if I never have to boot the machine up at all after the install is done, leaving it completely "virgin" for the recipient of the computer.
Any ideas or leads?
Thanks!
-- Nathan
Does something similar exist for OS X? I've got a Mac I'm going to be shipping to a family member, and I intend to wipe and clean-install a new copy of OS X on it before it goes out. I want to make sure it is completely up-to-date before I send it off while still having the initial setup assistant come up for them when they turn it on for the first time. So to that end, I want to "slipstream" the Safari 7.1 package onto the Mavericks 10.9.5 thumb drive installer (made with "createinstallmedia") that I will be using to do the install. I have a copy of the Safari7.1Mavericks.pkg file from Apple's update servers. Is there a way I can merge it into my Mavericks install disc, replacing Safari 7.0.6, so that Safari 7.1 is already present immediately after install without having to run Software Update/App Store?
I am aware that one can go through the initial setup assistant, create an account, run Software Update, then set it back up so that setup assistant runs again, but then I have to also purge the account I had to make in order to install the updates and clean up anything else I might have done on there during that process...it just seems needlessly "messy" and I'd prefer it if I never have to boot the machine up at all after the install is done, leaving it completely "virgin" for the recipient of the computer.
Any ideas or leads?
Thanks!
-- Nathan